Delicious Food posted on 03/27/09 overall  9 taste  10 décor  5 service  8 atmosphere  8

" I've had breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Village Bistro MANY times. The food is delicious. The menu is extensive considering the size of the place. The portions are large and dinner includes bread and soup or salad. The dinner entrees and soups are hearty, rich and savory. The chef makes all the desserts himself. And they do have a kids menu. The other reviews that site poor service obviously have never encountered the staffing difficulties and challenges of a small business. They probably would have a better time at Dennys. I've waited for my food but it was always hot and delicious and a wave of the hand doesn't bother me when I know I'm supporting a small family owned business. "

·  I would go back  ·  I would take a date  ·  I would take kids  ·  I would go on business  ·  I would go on a special occasion

Village Bistro posted on 08/24/08 overall  8 taste  9 décor  4 service  4 atmosphere  5
" Food is excellent, the ambiance nonexistent, and service is friendly but seemingly inexperienced. As I am much more concerned about the food I am very forgiving of the other deficiencies. Excellent duck confit, and sweetbreads, a hard to find item. A true neighborhood gem. "	·  I would go back  ·  I would take a date  ·  I would go on a special occasion

Dinner posted on 03/28/08 overall  10 taste  10 décor  5 service  10 atmosphere  5

" On 3/27/08 3 couples of us went to The Village Bistro and despite the negative reviews written here we found our experience to be excellent. The menu is not large but varied. The curry chicken breast was enjoyed by 3 of us and was moist and tender with a heavenly sauce. 2 of us had the duck confit one of which was my husband who has eaten duck confit in many restaurants and exclaimed that this was the best he had ever had anywhere. On of us had the crab cake appetizer and the basa fish dish and he said they were both excellent. The sauces that accompanied each dish were wonderfully tasty and very French as was the chef. The service was also excellent. We will definitely return. "

·  I would go back  ·  I would take a date  ·  I would go on business  ·  I would go on a special occasion

A Friendly Place! posted on 03/18/08 overall  9 taste  10 décor  8 service  9 atmosphere  8
" The Village Bistro is definitely the place to go if you like great food at reasonable prices. Fair Oaks really needs this friendly neighborhood restaurant - the chef and staff work hard to please every person that walks in. They do have a lot of repeat customers so they must be doing something right! And the cuisine can rival that of well established houses in the area. "	·  I would go back  ·  I would take a date  ·  I would take kids  ·  I would go on business  ·  I would go on a special occasion

More like the Village Idiot posted on 03/11/08 overall  3 taste  4 décor  1 service  1 atmosphere  1

" I tried to take my wife here for a romantic dinner one night but it all went downhill as soon as we walked in the door. We could hear the insane chef screaming and throwing things in the kitchen all the way from the entrance. After waiting far too long for the capacity and amount of customers in the building, our server seemed on the verge of tears obviously from the so called chef's anger issues. When we recieved our food everything seemed bland and greasy like it was re-heated in a hot bowl of old grease. Although I wanted to leave as quick as I could my wife insisted that we stay for dessert. We were very dissapointed by not only the presentation, obviously taken from a box and aimlessly thrown on the plate, but the flavor and texture was that of a convalescent hospitals pudding. Despite my bad experience I went again for breakfast with a few friends that insisted on going. Since we were the only table in there, the omelettes came out alright. If you're looking for a nice french place to eat, even though there is a four star french chef, this is deffinately not the place. "

Not Kid Friendly posted on 02/11/08 overall  5 taste  1 décor  5 service  1 atmosphere  5

" I would not recommend this restaurant to my worst enemy and their kids too. Although the Village Bistro was charming, it completely lacked in service appeal. As we (me and my two school age boys) waited a very long time to be seated, the wait staff completely ignored us. There was no sign to seat yourself or wait to be seated. It was not like they were really busy; there were three tables of customers. We finally found a dirty table and sat ourselves down. All other tables had seating for two. After another long wait we finally were recognized. My guess is that they realized we were not going away. When we finally got a menu, the waiter promptly asked for our order. Which brings me to the menu, not at all kid friendly; the only item safe for kids was the side order of pancakes. Very quickly we see our order on the counter, where it remained as the wait staff moved two tables together and sat a party of six grown-ups. I can not tell you how nasty the food was. Although cook through, the pancakes were very pale. The eggs had no flavor, not even salt. The potatoes appeared to have been leftovers from yesterday reheated several times over. If you find yourself hungry in Old Fair Oaks do not stop by, it is not worth the wait. "